How Many People Are Named Clair?
people named Clair are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 61,917 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,351 babies named Clair in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
405 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
French form of Clarus (see CLARA).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Clair, 55% were girls and 45% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Clair rose from 6% in the 1880s to 97% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Clair alive today is about 53 years old, and 50% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 30 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Clair first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1923, to 405 babies. In 2025, 29 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Clair has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #288, in 1913. Among girls, its best rank was #845, in 1899.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | #4,679 |
| Best rank | #288 (1913) | #845 (1899) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #321 in the 1920s | #2,465 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Clair alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Clair were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 909 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Clair was given 9.5 times as often in Utah, 6.2 times in Pennsylvania and 3.5 times in Iowa.
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